Trump defended “New York values” at the Times Union Center in Upstate New York on Monday, but maybe not these values: two men got into a violent scuffle.

Video footage captured by a local reporter shows one man lunging at a booing protester. The Trump supporter then grabs the man’s face, as people in the crowd try to break it up, before security guards lead the protester out.

Crowds of supporters lined up early in the afternoon to pack the Times Union arena, according to KTLA, as thousands waited to hear Trump continue his campaign against Ted Cruz, who has publicly criticized so-called “New York values.”

There have been so many violent incidents at Trump rallies lately that last month the hashtag #SaferThanaTrumpRally began trending, with suggestions including drinking with Bill Cosby, falling out of a helicopter and “dressing as a lion at a dental convention.”

"Pic of your wife not from us. Donald, if you try to attack Heidi, you're more of a coward than I thought. #classless," responded Cruz.

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On Wednesday, a story accusing Cruz of having affairs with five women appeared in The National Enquirer. Cruz denied the story, calling it "complete and utter lies" and "a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen."

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While accusing Trump of planting the story, Cruz tried to talk around the word "ratfucking," derogatory slang for an especially dirty kind of political sabotage.

“He’s a man for whom a term was coined for copulating with a rodent,” Cruz said of a former Trump ally. “Well let me be clear, Mr. Trump may be a rat but I have no desire to copulate with him. And this garbage does not belong in politics.”

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On Friday, Trump issued a statement on Facebook, denying the accusation that he planted the Enquirer story.

"While [The National Enquirer was] right about O.J. Simpson, John Edwards, and many others, I certainly hope they are not right about Lyin’ Ted Cruz," he wrote.

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This week in disgusting presidential politics

This week began with nude pictures of Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, and ended with Ted Cruz calling Trump a rat and just barely avoiding the word "ratfucking." Let's review.